...just bought a First Edition of the novel...thanks for the help...Ridley Pearson ghost wrote The Diary Of Ellen Rimbaugh. I just checked on Richard Dooling's website. Yes, he's the author. Too bad I didn't have my copy with me when I went to see The King's in Missoula as I sat right next to him. He also co-wrote Kingdom Hospital.
Dooling Fiction Archives - Richard Dooling